USS Indra
Landing craft repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Indra (ARL-37) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Indra (the god of weather and war, and lord of Svargaloka in Hinduism), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name, and only one of three ships (along with USS Krishna and the Civil War era gunboat USS Varuna) to be named after a Hindu deity.
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USS Indra (ARL-37), underway c. 1960s | |
History | |
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Namesake | Indra |
Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois |
Laid down | 12 February 1945 |
Sponsored by | Regina K. Hlubak |
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Decommissioned | 6 October 1947 |
Renamed | Indra, 15 August 1944 |
Reclassified | ARL-37 |
Refit | converted to Landing Craft Repair Ship |
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Recommissioned | 16 December 1967 |
Decommissioned | May 1970 |
Stricken | 1984 |
Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars, Vietnam War |
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General characteristics [2] | |
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Displacement | |
Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Complement | 19 officers 270 enlisted |
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